Closure for cans.



N0. 876,000. PATENTED JAN. '7, 1908. W. P. HYATT.

CLOSURE POR GANS.

APPLIUATION FILED sPT.1o. 1904.

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WILLIAM F. HYATT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

cLosURE Fon cANs.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. HYATT,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brookl n, in thecounty of Kings and 5 State of ew York, (with post-olice address .262Garfield Place,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClosures for Cans and other Receptacles, of which the following isaspecification.l

y invention relates to tops or closures for cans or receptacles made ofsheet metal and is desi ed'more particularly for cans or receptac escontaining a dentifrice or other powder.

The invention has special reference to cans which have a hinged cover,secured in closed position by a spring catch as described in a priorapplication for patent filed by me February 20th, 1904, Serial Number194,603.I

One of the objects of my invention is to make the closure perfectlytight when the cover is down.

Other objects are to secure cheapness of construction, together withstrength and stability.

To these ends, my invention consists first in the provision for thesheet metal neck of the can, of a continuous sheet metal reinforcingcollar ap lied thereto immediately beneath the mout or opening and towhich collar the sheet metal cover is hinged, said collar being securedby means of a bead spun in the neck and collar and serving both as ameans of attachment for the collar and as a projection for engagement bya spring catch carried by the cover.

My invention consists further in the details of 'construction andcombinations of parts hereinaterset forth and then specified in. theclaims.

'In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a can topembodying closed. Fig. 2 shows the cover open. Fig. 3 is a verticalcentral section throu h the neck and cover. Fig. 4 shows the blan fromwhich the cover may be formed.

ofthe can and 2 is the neck, the mouth of which is closed by the cover3. The latter may be of any desired form but -preferabl has al depressedcenter fitting into t lthemout like a stopper, and an annulardepending-skirt or flange 5 fitting down over Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed September 10,1904. l Serial No. 223.958.

mouth. The neck 2 at its:

Patented Jan. 7, 1908.

outer or upper edge is turned over inwardly to form a mouth, 4thussecuring strengthor stiffness at this point where the cover or stopperfits into the same. p

Upon the `neck 2 is a sheet metal collar 4 secured against detachment bone or more outwardly projecting annular eads 6, forming a projection orShoulder over which the catch 7 on the cover may spring and hold thecover firmly closed by locking on the underside of the bead.

The catch may consist, as described in m prior application, of a springtongue exten ing from the cover integra therewith and having a bead .at8, adapted to be en aged by the thumb or finger when it is desired toopen the cover, and located as shown, so that upward pressure under thebead 8 willtend to swing the lower end of the tongue outward away fromen agement beneath the bead.

From the co lar 4 extends an ear or proection 9, preferably integraltherewith an to which the cover is directly hin e This hinging is shownas effected in t e manner described in my prior application, byproviding the cover with an ear or projection 10,

which is provided with a slot 1 1 and is hinged to the ear 9 by passingthe tip of the ear through the slot and bending it around as shown atl2. v By the above construction I secure stifl'- ness in the neck thuspermitting the body ofthe neck to be made of very thin sheet metal andalso producing a firm locking and closure of the can. Moreoverthe hin eear 9 being formed on the sheet metal col ar instead of the sheet metalneck, the manufacture of the closure is considerably facilitated. 1fdesired, the neck and collar may be indented asl shown at 13 to preventthe collar from turning on the neck.

What lclaim as my invention is:

1. The combination with a sheet metal can having a sheet metal neck, ofa cover having a -spring catch and a continuous sheet metal reinforcingcollar secured to the neck by a bead spun in the sheet metal of the neckand collar, and serving for lengagement by theV sprin catch carried bythe cover.

- 2. n a sheet metal can, the combination with the lsheet metal neck, ofa continuous sheet metal reinforcing collar secured thereto byanannular-bead spun in the neck and .col-

lar, a hinge ear integral `with the collar and a cover having a hingeear, 4said ears .being hinged together by interlocking the tip Of one iin a slot in the other, and a spring catch integral with the cover andadapted to engage With the bead On the collar.

3. In a sheet 'metal can, the combination with the sheet metal neckthereof turned down nwaidiy at its mouth, of a metal collar encirclingthe neck and having a hinge ear 10 integra] With it for attachment ofthe cover and a bead spun in the neck and collar below the inwardlyturned mouth,v asand for the purpose described.

Signed at Asbury Park in the county of Monmouth and State Of New Jeiseythis 31 15 day of August A.. D. 1904.

WILLIAM 4F. HYATT.

Witnesses:

PAUL A. PATTERSON, CHAs. E. COOK.

